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13 December 2022 saw the launch of the call for evidence of the Hewitt Review. Our response highlights the importance of engaging with the voluntary sector and people with lived experience.

Today, during Prime Minister’s Questions, the benches of the House of Commons went silent during a debate about the cost of living crisis as the leader of the Labour Party shared Phoenix’s story – Phoenix is on kidney dialysis at home and is reliant on a dialysis machine to survive.

On Friday 17 March 2017, National Voices convened a meeting of patient advocacy groups involved in the development of the Accelerated Access Review, and/or with an interest in its implementation.

People from across the health and care sector – including some of its most eminent figures – have delivered a sharp warning about the risks of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.

The Autumn Budget 2017 did not deliver the funding increases that health and social care need. In subsequent statements, a number of NHS leaders have suggested the need for tough decisions about what can be afforded by and expected of the NHS.

We’ve joined together with the Royal College of General Practitioners, Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, Community Pharmacy Wales, Community Pharmacy Scotland and British Medical Association to call on Matt Hancock MP to amend medicines legislation and enable all pharmacists to alter prescriptions to minimise the impact of medicine shortages on patient care.

On July 13 National Voices sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed and endorsed by nearly 60 member organisations asking him to urgently reconsider the decision to lift virtually all infection control measures.

The Voluntary Voices partnership – comprised of National Voices, Volunteering Matters and NAVCA – have given feedback on the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England’s consultation on Personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets: extending legal rights.

We have gathered insight and intelligence from our members on what the cost of living crisis means for people living with health conditions.

Ask How I Am: Supporting emotional health among people living with long-term conditions has been coproduced by National Voices and Centre for Mental Health, with support from a range of long-term conditions charities.